64th National Film Awards – Important Points

“Neerja” has won the Best Hindi Feature Film in 64th National Awards which were announced today at the National Media Centre in New Delhi.

Akshay Kumar was adjudged the best actor for Rustom while Sonam Kapoor, Neerja’s lead actor, also got a special mention by the jury along with Adil Hussain for Mukti Bhawan, and Kadvi Hawa.

Amitabh Bachchan-starrer, film Pink has been named the best film in the category of on-social issues.

Nagesh Kukunoor’s Dhanak grabbed the Best Children Film while The Eyes Of Darkness received a Special Mention.

Rajesh Mapuska was named the best director for his Marathi film Ventilator while the Marathi film Kaasav was named the best best feature film.

Filmmaker Priyadarshan was the chairperson of the jury in feature films category, while nationally acclaimed cinematographer and a writer Raju Misra was the chairperson in non-feature category.

The jury considered 344 films from 26 languages for the feature films category of awards.